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Outdoor ritual photo. A standing man in orange saffron cloth wrapped over his shoulders raises a brass aarti lamp with multiple flames in his right hand, while holding a small silver bell in his left. He wears rudraksha mala necklaces and beaded bracelets, a patterned headband with a long braided topknot, and a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him, several men in orange cloth sit with hands raised in devotion under a white-and-black draped canopy supported by yellow poles, with green leaf garlands hanging. Trees fill the background.

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December 16 20172017-12-16A standing man in saffron-orange cloth holds a brass aarti lamp with a flame in his right hand and a small bell in his left, performing ritual worship outdoors under green trees. He wears layered rudraksha mala beads across his chest and arms, a pendant necklace, and a leopard-print headband with long braided hair. White ash marks decorate his forehead and body. Behind him, a second person in orange cloth and another in white sit near a yellow railing.2017-12-16A standing young man in orange saffron cloth draped over one shoulder performs an aarti with a brass lamp holding two flames in one hand and a small brass bell in the other. He wears a leopard-print headband, a long dreadlocked topknot, multiple rudraksha mala necklaces with a pendant, bead armbands, and white ash markings on his chest and arms, with a red tilak on his forehead. Two men in orange cloth stand blurred behind him beside a yellow railing, with green foliage in the background.2017-12-16A man in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban stands at night under a dark roof, raising a silver multi-wick aarti lamp high above his head with his right hand while holding a small silver vessel in his left. He wears layered rudraksha malas and a red-stoned pendant, with a red bindi on his forehead and a thin microphone at his cheek. Beside him, a devotee in white dhoti with a yellow border stands with hands folded. The lamp's flames rise brightly against the dark background.2013-10-13A photo of a procession-style ritual outdoors under trees. In the foreground a man with a black turban and leopard-print headband, bare-chested, wearing orange cloth, orange and rudraksha-style beaded malas and white body markings, raises a lit oil lamp with flame in one hand. Behind him, several young men in orange cloths and black turbans, some bare-chested, hold brass plates of yellow and pink flowers and garlands. A stone well ring with a red-painted base sits at right. The setting appears to be a temple or ashram grounds with wooden railings and greenery.2018-12-22October 17 20122012-10-17A man in a flowing saffron-orange sleeveless robe with a bare upper body holds a small brass ritual vessel over an open flame in an outdoor setting with trees and a low wall behind him. He wears a long rudraksha mala and a white vibhuti line with a red kumkum dot on his forehead, and he looks down at the flame, apparently performing a small fire offering. A blurred figure in white stands in the background at left. Appearance-based cues including the rudraksha mala and saffron robe make him a person candidate, present in person, though his face is not used for identification.2009-06-15A photograph of a shaved-headed man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala holding a brass multi-flame aarti lamp aloft with both hands, flames rising before his face. Behind him several people in orange and white ritual clothes stand with palms pressed together in anjali, some with white tripundra markings on their foreheads, and a red curtain forms the backdrop. The lamp is an aarti performed as worship. The man's appearance does not clearly match the description of a distinctive presenter with several qualifying cues, so his identity is not established.2013-06-18September 26 20092009-09-26A young child in a kailasavaasi-style ritual attire stands in a temple hall, holding a brass multi-wick oil lamp with five lit flames in both hands. The child has long hair piled on top of the head with rudraksha malas, a white-and-red forehead tilak, white ash markings on the arms and chest, and a leopard-print cloth wrap with an orange shawl. Smoke rises from the lamp. Behind the child, blurred figures in orange and red robes, a gold-coloured pillar and red drapes frame the scene, and seated devotees in white are visible on the right. The setting suggests an aarti offering during the Paramashivoham inaugural program.2018-12-20May 21 20162016-05-21October 31 20162016-10-31